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Year of most recent IBA criteria assessment: 2004

Populations of IBA trigger species

Species	Current IUCN Red List Category	Season	Year(s) of estimate	Population at site	IBA criteria triggered
Black-faced Spoonbill Platalea minor	EN	winter	2004	present	A1
Chinese Egret Egretta eulophotes	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1
Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola	LC	winter	2004	present	A4i
Lesser Sandplover Charadrius mongolus	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Kentish Plover Charadrius alexandrinus	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus	LC	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata	NT	unknown	2004	present	A4i
Far Eastern Curlew Numenius madagascariensis	EN	passage	2004	present	A4i
Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica	NT	passage	2004	present	A4i
Great Knot Calidris tenuirostris	EN	passage	2004	present	A4i
Dunlin Calidris alpina	LC	passage	2004	present	A4i
Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus	LC	passage	2004	present	A4i
Saunders's Gull Saundersilarus saundersi	VU	breeding	2004	present	A1
A4iii Species group - waterbirds	n/a	unknown	2004	20,000 individuals	A4iii

Note: The current IUCN Red List category may differ from the category that was valid at the time of IBA criteria assessment.

For more information about the IBA criteria, please click here

IUCN Habitat	Habitat detail	Extent (% of site)
Wetlands (inland)		-

For further information about the IUCN habitat classification, please click here.

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Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tidal flat area of Yeongjong-do island. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/16119 on 30/05/2023.